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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “peter healey”
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  • Unnatural Selection

    The Challenges of Engineering Tomorrow's People

    Edited by Peter Healey, Steve Rayner ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    With ever-advancing scientific understanding and technological capabilities, humanity stands on the brink of the potential next stage of evolution: evolution engineered by us. Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science offer the possibility to enhance human performance, lengthen life-span and reshape our inherited physical, cognitive and emotional identities. But ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Research System in Transition

    Edited by Susan E. Cozzens, Peter Healey, Arie Rip, John Ziman ...
    Series Book 57 - NATO Science Series D
    On a mountainside in sunny Tuscany, in October 1989, 96 people from 23 countries on five continents gathered to learn and teach about the problems of managing contemporary science. The diversity of economic and political systems represented in the group was matched by our occupations, which stretched from science policy practitioners, through research scientists and engineers, through academic ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

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    by Lucy Jago ...
    Science, biography, and arctic exploration coverage in this extraordinary true story of the life and work of Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, the troubled genius who solved the mysteries of one of nature’s most spectacular displays.Captivated by the otherworldly lights of the aurora borealis, Birkeland embarked on a lifelong quest to discover their cause. His pursuit took him to some of the ... Read more

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  • Salt Tectonics

    Principles and Practice

    by Martin P. A. Jackson, Michael R. Hudec ...
    Salt tectonics is the study of how and why salt structures evolve and the three-dimensional forms that result. A fascinating branch of geology in itself, salt tectonics is also vitally important to the petroleum industry. Covering the entire scale from the microscopic to the continental, this textbook is an unrivalled consolidation of all topics related to salt tectonics: evaporite deposition and ... Read more

    $101.99 USD

  • Instrumentation in Earthquake Seismology

    by Gerardo Alguacil, Jens Havskov ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This work provides an up-to-date overview of modern instruments used in earthquake seismology as well as a description of theoretical and practical aspects of seismic instrumentation. The main topics are:• Choosing and installing equipment for seismic stations• Designing and setting up seismic networks and arrays• Maintaining and calibrating seismic instrumentsIt also provides detailed ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • The Magnetotelluric Method

    Theory and Practice

    Edited by Alan D. Chave, Alan G. Jones ...
    The magnetotelluric method is a technique for imaging the electrical conductivity and structure of the Earth, from the near surface down to the 410 km transition zone and beyond. This book forms the first comprehensive overview of magnetotellurics, from the salient physics and its mathematical representation to practical implementation in the field, data processing, modeling and geological ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials (ENEFM2013)

    Proceedings, Antalya, Turkey, 9-12 October 2013

    Edited by Mehmet Ozer, Ahmet Yavuz Oral, Zehra Banu Bahsi ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials (ENEFM2013) was held on 9-12 October, 2013.This three-day congress focused on the latest developments of sustainable energy technologies, materials for sustainable energy applications and environmental & economic perspectives of energy.These proceedings include 63 peer reviewed technical papers, submitted from leading ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • On the Origin of Continents and Oceans: Book 2

    The Earths Rock Record

    by James Maxlow ...
    ON THE ORIGIN OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS is a completely new way of looking at and understanding modern scientific evidence about the origin of Earth's continents and oceans. Since the 1960s this evidence has traditionally been gathered in support of Plate Tectonic studies and as such, until now, has rarely been looked at other than from a conventional Plate Tectonic perspective. This conventional ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Seismic Analysis Code

    A Primer and User's Guide

    by George Helffrich, James Wookey, Ian Bastow ...
    The Seismic Analysis Code (SAC) is one of the most widely used analysis packages for regional and teleseismic seismic data. For the first time, this book provides users at introductory and advanced levels with a complete guide to SAC. It leads new users of SAC through the steps of learning basic commands, describes the SAC processing philosophy, and presents its macro language in full, supported ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Drift, Deformation, and Fracture of Sea Ice

    A Perspective Across Scales

    by Jerome Weiss ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Sea ice is a major component of polar environments, especially in the Arctic where it covers the entire Arctic Ocean throughout most of the year. However, in the context of climate change, the Arctic sea ice cover has been declining significantly over the last decades, either in terms of its concentration or thickness. The sea ice cover evolution and climate change are strongly coupled through the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Mössbauer Spectroscopy

    Tutorial Book

    Edited by Guido Langouche, Yutaka Yoshida ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Tutorials on Mössbauer SpectroscopySince the discovery of the Mössbauer Effect many excellent books have been published for researchers and for doctoral and master level students. However, there appears to be no textbook available for final year bachelor students, nor for people working in industry who have received only basic courses in classical mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Earthquake Data in Engineering Seismology

    Predictive Models, Data Management and Networks

    Edited by Sinan Akkar, Polat Gülkan, Torild van Eck ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book addresses current activities in strong-motion networks around the globe, covering issues related to designing, maintaining and disseminating information from these arrays. The book is divided into three principal sections. The first section includes recent developments in regional and global ground-motion predictive models.It presents discussions on the similarities and differences of ... Read more

    $89.99 USD